Goodman had to go down for hacking into royal phone messages. Now I'm no monarchist but we are in a monarchy and for him not to be sent down for something akin to treason seemed unlikely.

Coulson had to resign once he had accepted responsibility. He will be back, whatever you may think of the newspaper he edited, it was good at what it did and so was he. He had to take the fall because if he didn't know that would mean he wasn't managing properly.

But if he did know what was going on then let's have a look at what he should have known about: the News of the World was paying a private investigator £100k, plus extras via expenses, per year. What did the paper's management think it was paying for? What does Scotland Yard think? There are certainly MPs who think it is worth looking at.

News International's Les Hinton sent out a clear message that Coulson has behaved honourably in taking the blame. I'm sure that if he wants to continue in journalism Coulson will be back working for News Corp - probably in the States - within 18 months. Alternatively I am told that he has opportunities to do other things - becoming a rival to Max Clifford would certainly make for good entertainment.